General update

[luzula]

I was at my sister's daughter's baptism this weekend, and it was a ton of work: they had sixty people there, and I helped cook beforehand and wash dishes and clean afterwards. I'm actually very efficient in such situations, I think due to having worked at a restaurant when I was younger, but I do get tired afterwards. At one point I looked at the clock and said "Seven o'clock?? I thought it was four." The dish-washing trance...at least the place had a restaurant-style dishwasher. The baptism itself was nice (though in half-incomprehensible Danish, since my sister's boyfriend is Danish and his mother did the baptism), and so was the party. I sang a song, which went well, and I gave my niece books, which she will hopefully appreciate when she's a bit older.

Then I had six hours of teaching on Monday, and I've felt kind of like a phone with its battery down to 5% since then. I'm slowly recharging, and this weekend I'm just going to take it easy, and two different friends are coming for short little visits, so I get some socializing without having to go anywhere. \o/

So, Yuletide. I think I'm going to sign up. The worst that can happen is that I default, right? I guess I'll recycle some of my old requests, and I'll have to look through the list to see what I can offer.

Oh, and: I had the weirdest dream last night, you know the sort of little mini-dreams you can get when you're half-falling asleep, and then you wake up because it's so weird: a dildo falling from a great height, down through the clouds, forever falling and never reaching the earth. What does this mean, O internets?

Comments

[exeterlinden]

You're an aunt! Congrats! (I know you've probably been an aunt for months, but well, the thesis-shaped rock and that...)

Also, even if you don't sign up for Yuletide you can still join the sad, banned treat-writers (i.e. me) and we can do RL beta if you come visit me in December.

[luzula]

Thanks!

Hey, are you banned? Is it because you defaulted too late last year? In any case I have a story I'm writing for Yuletide regardless of whether I sign up, so I'd love to do beta. It would be sad if our beta tradition ended. : )

[exeterlinden]

Yes, I defaulted to late last year - kept thinking I could make it despite exams, and then realised too late that it simple wasn't worth the extra stress...

But I am going through the yuletide-letters spreadsheet and finding quite a few tempting prompts, so I think we can keep our yuletide beta tradition alive :)